Stove-pipe drum or heat-radiator



F. A. BALCH.

v Heat Radiator.

No. 56,514. :Patented July 24, 1866.

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UNITED STATES F. A. BALOH, OF HINGHAM, WISCONSIN.

STOVE-PIPE DRUM OR HEAT-RADIATOR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,514, dated July 24,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F. A. BALGH, of Hing ham, in the county of Sheboyganand State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHeat-Radiators for Stoves; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an elevation of myradiator, one portion being represented in section, so as to 2 is atransverse section on line a; 00.

My invention relates to that class of radia tors in which the heat isdesigned to be absorbed by air which is confined within the walls of thestructure, and afterward admitted into the room in which the radiator islocated or conducted into other apartments; and it consists inconducting the pure-air pipes length wise through the midst of thesmoke-pipes, so that the said smoke-pipes may radiate heat into thesurrounding atmosphere at the same time that pure air is heated withinthe structure and conducted wheresover it is desired.

It consists, also, in constructing the radiator with a hot-air chamberat its top, from which the air heated by its passage through the pureairpipes may be conducted into other rooms, admitted directly into thesurrounding atmos phere, or allowed to pass into the smoke-pipe, andthus escape when, owing to the temperature of the atmosphere, it is notdesired to utilize all of the heat from the fuel.

That others may understand my invention, I will particularly describeit.

My invention consists generally of two drums, A and B, connected byseveral pipes, G O 0. Each of these drums is divided longitudinally bypartitions D and E, so as to divide said drums into smoke'chambers F Iand pureair chambers G G. The chambers G G are connected by pipes H H,which are smaller in diameter than and pass lengthwise through the pipesG 0, so as to leave a space all around the pipe H between it and thepipe C.

The smoke-funnels I I enter and leave the radiator, passing through thechambers G and G, as represented, so that, as will be perceived,

the products of combustion enter the chamber F, ascend through the pipesU C, surrounding the pipes HH, into the chamber F, and thence pass offthrough. the funnel I, while pure air may be received from the surrounding atmosphere of the room or through a proper pipe from the atmosphereoutside of the building and passed through the pipes H H into thechamber G, whence it may be admitted into the surrounding atmosphere byuncoverin g the register-holes J J, or it may be conducted through thepipe K to any other part of the building.

It is sometimes desirable that the heat from the stove should pass offfreely, as during those seasons when but little tire is needed tomaintain a comfortable temperature in the room. I then employ the slideL, which permits the hot air within the chamber G to flow into thesmoke-funnel I, and thus escape; or the central pipe, M, may beintroduced, having a valve or valves, so that the products of combustionmay be permitted to flow directly through said pipe without heating thedrum.

If it be desired to make a closed connection between the pipe M and thepipes I and I, so that none of the heat shall pass through the pipes C0, it may be accomplished by a sliding sleeve on either M or I and I, orby a flap-valve, which may close an orificein the pipe I opposite thesmoke-chamber. In that arrangement the pipe I would be continuousthrough the drum, and would be provided with a cut-off damper, toprevent any direct passage through it.

The lower chamber, G, may sometimes be dispensed with, and the lowerends of the pipes H H permitted to open directly into the atmospheresurrounding. It is preferred, however, to construct this drum with thechamber G, because then vapors arising from the stove, as in cooking,850., can be excluded from the drum and pure air introduced from withoutthe building, if necessary.

The induction and eduction pipes N and K are both provided with cut offvalves or dampers.

The orifices O and 1?, covered by slides, are for the purpose ofpermitting the soot, 850., to be removed from the smoke-chambers F and Fwithout trouble.

Having described 1nyinvention,whatIclain1 as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The pure-air chambers G and G, connected with each other by the pipesH H, which pass through the smoke-pipes O 0, substantially as shown.

2. The pure hot-air chamber G, provided with the register-holes J J, thevalved flue K, and the 'valve L, substantially as described.

3. A radiator with the pure-air chambers G and G, the smoke-chambers Fand F, the smoke-pipes O O, and the pure-air pipes H H, constructed andarranged substantially as described and shown.

F. A. BALCH.

Witnesses J NO. E. THOMAS, J. T. BRIDGEMAN.

